Rotating patient chair with ear diagnosis and treatment unit

Abstract

The present invention relates to a rotating patient chair mounted with an integrated ear diagnosis and treatment unit that controls the position of a microscope 48 and a monitor 50 rotating around the rotating patient chair 30 at a predetermined angle or 180 degrees, the unit including: suctioners 44, 52, a treatment board 46, a blood pressure tester 54 and a manipulating switch box 40 for controlling the diagnosis and treatment tools, and the monitor 50 and the microscope 48 positioned in correspondence with the patient's ears anatomically positioned at 180 degrees to enable the patient to observe all of the treatment processes to the ear parts including the thin, dark auditory canals and eardrums on the monitor 50 installed at an opposite side and to enable the practitioner to explain all of the treatment processes shown on the monitor to the patient and his guardians, thereby improving reliability on the practitioner and the treatment processes and maximizing the treatment effects, and performing diagnosis and treatment processes to the patient's ears by not letting the practitioner or patient move around but merely by rotating the ear diagnosis and treatment unit, minimizing discomfort and inconvenience to the practitioner or patient, shortening the medical treatment time and minimizing the space of a treatment room occupied by the diagnosis and treatment unit.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates to a rotating patient chair mounted with an ear diagnosis and treatment unit, and more particularly, to a rotating patient chair mounted with an ear diagnosis and treatment unit including a variety of diagnosis and treatment tools to treat ears at an otorhinolaryngology department, for instance, suctioners, a treatment board, a microscope with a CCD (charge coupled device) camera, a monitor (image display on which a patient can observe a whole treatment process), a manipulating switch box and the like.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]A general treatment unit used at an otorhinolaryngology department has been disclosed at Korean Utility Model No. 247914. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the general treatment unit 17 includes a suctioner 1, microscope with a CCD camera 3, patient monitor 5, practitioner monitor 7, stand 9, film view box 11, light source 13 and manipulating switch box 15. The treatment unit body 17 is fixedly arranged...

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Benefits of technology

[0008]It is an object of the present invention to provide a rotating patient chair mounted with an integrated ear diagnosis and treatment unit (for instance, monitor, microscope, treatment board, suctioner, blood pressure tester, etc.) by which diagnosis and treatment can be performed on both ears without letting the practitioner or patient move around but by merely rotating the ear diagnosis and treatment unit, thereby minimizing inconvenience to the practitioner or patient, shortening the time of medical treatment and minimizing the space of a room occupied by the diagnosis and treatment unit.

[0009]It is another object of the present invention to provide a rotating patient chair mounted with an integrated ear diagnosis and treatment unit in which the monitor and microscope can simultaneously be rotated in a circle around the rotating patient chair in relation to both of the patient's ears, enabling the patient to observe all of the treatment process to his or her ears, including the thin, dark auditory canals and eardrums, on the monitor installed on the opposite side. This configuration also enables the practitioner to explain all of the treatment process shown on the monitor to the patient and his guardian, thereby improving reliability on the treatment processes and maximizing the effects of the treatment.

Problems solved by technology

However, since the general unit body 17 thus constructed is fixedly arranged at a position in a predetermined distance away from the rotating patient chair 22, there have been problems in that the practitioner frequently has to move the treatment tools of the unit body 17 to the rotating patient chairs 22 for each treatment and much space of a diagnosis room is occupied by the treatment unit body 17.

However, there is a problem in that the patient must inconveniently move back and forth from chair to chair, causing the treatment process to take a longer time.

However, since the patient's sight and the patient monitor 5 become disaligned, the patient can only see the treatment process of one ear on the patient monitor 5.

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